Sunday Profile: St. Luke's, the 'best job in the world'

2:19 PM,
Jan. 12, 2014

The retired Rev. Michael Benke inside St. Luke's Lutheran Church.

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The Rev. Michael Benke had the best job in the world for 31 years, leading a church with an open door and an open mind.

Benke, whose parish will hold a retirement party for him on Jan. 26, came to St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Lakeside Drive in 1982 with a positive attitude and a belief that he could try anything in his first year as pastor to bring the congregation together and introduce new ways of doing things.